ETIHAD TO EXTEND WET LEASE CONTRACTS FROM MAXIMUS AIR CARGO

By Dino D'Amore
January 11, 2011 20:20

Etihad Airways has extended its wet lease contracts for two A300-600RF aircraft with Maximus Air Cargo until August 2012. Etihad has wet leased the two freighters from Maximus since June 2009, operating both scheduled and charter services between the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, East Africa, and China.

Roy Kinnear, Etihad Airways’ Senior Vice President of Crystal Cargo, said: “The relationship with Maximus Air Cargo is an important one for Etihad. The company continues to prove its outstanding reliability in high utilisation aircraft lease operations, and we are pleased to extend our partnership.

Maximus is the largest freighter-only air operator in the Middle East and currently has more than 140 staff, operating a fleet of all-cargo Antonov An-124-100, Airbus A300-600RF, Ilyushin IL-76TD, and Lockheed Hercules L382G aircraft operating across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia.